In ancient Greece small, lidded boxes (pyxides) were primarily used to hold cosmetics, trinkets, or jewelry; less frequently, they served as containers for incense or medical ointments. These boxes, however, were not everyday objects, but rather luxury items designed for the wealthy. Pyxides are commonly found in burial contexts, suggesting that they were used to store valuable objects in life and in death. They are often embellished with elaborately painted images designed to communicate wealth and social status. The decorative elements of this terracotta pyxis illustrate leisure activities of the elite; the body features a symposium scene of five reclining men drinking and playing the double-flute and lyre, while the lid depicts a lone hunter and his prey.